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113 Cards in this Set
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add up
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to find the total of
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add up
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to find the total of
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blow up
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to explode
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break down
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to stop working (for a machine)
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break in(to)
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to enter illegally
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bring up
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to take care of a child until he or she becomes an adult
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build up
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to increase
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call back
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to ring again on the phone
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call off
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to cancel
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calm down
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to become/make calmer
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carry on
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to continue
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catch up (with)
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to reach the same point/level as
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cheer up
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to become/make happier
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clear up
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to tidy
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come across
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to find something by chance
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come back (from)
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to return (from)
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come on
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to be quicker
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come out
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to be published
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cross out
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to draw a line through something written
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cut down (on)
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to do less of something (smoking)
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cut off
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to disconnect (phone, electricity)
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cut off
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to completely remove by cutting
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do up
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to button/zip up a piece of clothing
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eat out
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to eat at a restaurant
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fall down
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to trip and fall
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fall out (with)
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to have an argument with someone and stop being friends
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fill in
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to add information in the spaces on
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fill up
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to make something completely full
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find out
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to discover information
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get away with
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to escape punishment for
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get in(to)
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to enter a car
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get off
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to leave a bus/train
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get on (with)
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to have a good relationship (with)
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get on (to)
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to enter a bus/train
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get out (of)
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to leave a car/building/room
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get over
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to recover from (an illness)
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get up
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to leave your bed
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give away
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to give something free of charge
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give back
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to return something you've taken/borrowed
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give up
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to stop doing something you do regularly
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go away
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to leave a place/someone
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go back (to)
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to return (to)
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go off
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to no longer be fresh
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go on
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to continue happening or doing something
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go on
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to happen
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go out
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to stop burning
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go out with
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to be the boyfriend/girlfriend of
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grow up
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to become older (for children)
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hang on
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to wait
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hang up
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to put clothes in a wardrobe
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hang up
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to put the receiver down to end a phone call
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have on
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to wear (a piece of clothing)
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hurry up
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to do something more quickly
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join in
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to participate, take part
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keep out
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to prevent from entering
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leave out
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to not include
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let down
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to disappoint
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lie down
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to start lying (on a bed)
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log off
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to disconnect from the Internet/a website
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log on(to)
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to connect to the Internet/a website
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look after
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to take care of
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look up
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to try to find information in a book
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make up
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to invent an explanation, excuse
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move in
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to start living in a new house
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pay back
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to return money (to someone)
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pick up
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to lift something from the floor, a table
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point out
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to tell someone important information
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print out
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to make a paper copy of something on a computer
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pull off
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to break by pulling
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put away
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to return something to where it belongs
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put back
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to return something to where it was
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put down
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to stop holding
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put off
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to delay to a later time
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put on
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to gain (weight)
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put on
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to start wearing (a piece of clothing)
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put out
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to make something stop burning
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put up
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to put something on a wall (a picture)
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read out
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to say something out loud which you are reading
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rip up
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to tear into pieces
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rub out
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to remove with a rubber
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run away (from)
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to escape by running
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run out (of)
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to not have any left
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save up (for)
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to save money (for a specific purpose)
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send off
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to make a player leave a game
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set off
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to start a journey
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set up
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to start (a business, organization)
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share out
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to give a part of something to a group of people
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shut up
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to stop talking, stop making a noise
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sit down
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to (start to) sit
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sort out
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to solve a problem
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speak up
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to talk more loudly so someone can hear
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split up
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to end a relationship
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stand up
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to (start to) stand
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stay up
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to go to bed late
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take away
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to remove with a rubber
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take back
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to return something to the place it came from
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take down
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to remove (from a high place)
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take off
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to leave the ground
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take off
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to remove (a piece of clothing)
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take over
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to take control of (a business)
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take up
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to start (a hobby, sport)
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throw away
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to put something in a rubbish bin
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try on
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to put on (a piece of clothing) to see how it looks and if it fits
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turn down
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to lower the volume of
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turn off
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to stop a machine working
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turn on
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to start a machine working
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turn over
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to turn something so the other side is toward you
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turn up
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to increase the volume of
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wake up
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to stop being asleep
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wash up
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to wash plates, cups, cutlery
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watch out
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to be careful
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work out
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to find the solution to a problem
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write down
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to write information on a piece of paper
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